Digressive voices in early modern English literature /
To digress in 17th-century England carried a range of meaning. This book demonstrates that early modern writers trained in verbal contest developed labyrinthine voices that captured the ambiguities of political occasion and aristocratic patronage, anatomizing enemies and mourning personal loss.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | To digress in 17th-century England carried a range of meaning. This book demonstrates that early modern writers trained in verbal contest developed labyrinthine voices that captured the ambiguities of political occasion and aristocratic patronage, anatomizing enemies and mourning personal loss. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 341 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423757262 9781423757269 0199261172 9780199261178 9780191532061 0191532061 9780191717598 0191717592 |